Last CallFor 40 years, The Table held court downtown, bustling with celebrity, city lore and camaraderie.Issue: November 2011Category: Talking PointsAuthor: Michael D. Roberts

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Path to NowhereThe Towpath should be our region's greatest asset after the lake. But that depends on getting its last links finished — and soon.Issue: October 2011Category: Talking PointsAuthor: Stuart Warner

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Buck ShotAs deer fill up backyards and roadsides, Northeast Ohio once again wrestles with a dilemma: to shoot or not to shoot.Issue: September 2011Category: Talking PointsAuthor: Marsha McGregor

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You Got TroubleCasinos are instruments of the devil, trouble with a capital T — according to all I've heard and read.Issue: August 2011Category: Talking PointsAuthor: Stuart Warner

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The Fading CityCleveland is shrinking fast. The city faces a bitter future because its political leaders failed to grasp a piece of it.
Issue: July 2011Category: Talking PointsAuthor: Michael D. Roberts

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Lesson PlanTeachers hate Ohio's Senate Bill 5. But it gives them a chance to help define what good teaching is and reward it.Issue: June 2011Category: Talking PointsAuthor: Dan Moulthrop

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Lame PlanDesigning a downtown that works isn't as easy as it looks on CityVille. As Cleveland embarks on its $1 billion building boom, are we about to repeat our century of mistakes?Issue: May 2011Category: Talking PointsAuthor: Michael D. Roberts

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I Can’t Quit LeBronIt might be normal for Clevelanders to hate him, but I'd rather cheer for somebody.
Issue: April 2011Category: Talking PointsAuthor: Stuart Warner

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Where Goodwill GrowsThe Vineyards of Château Hough defies expectations, turning a long-vacant lot into a focal point for cooperation.Issue: March 2011Category: Talking PointsAuthor: Mansfield B. Frazier

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Icing the Cooler BanditsTwo Akron men are still behind bars for robbing a string of restaurants in 1991, prompting one filmmaker to ask, 'How long is long enough?'Issue: February 2011Category: Talking PointsAuthor: Stuart Warner

The Great DivideGeorge Voinovich may be retiring at the end of the year, but his time as mayor will live on as the defining moment of our political landscape.Issue: December 2010Category: Talking PointsAuthor: Erick Trickey

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After the BurglaryWhile Cleveland recoils from the Dimora-Russo charges, a deeper scandal emerges: skulking county employees blotting out home values with correction fluid.
Issue: November 2010 IssueCategory: Talking PointsAuthor: Michael D. Roberts

Pain DealerCleveland's daily deserves credit for shaking off a legacy of lethargy, stirring the town to outrage and helping to change a government run amok.
Issue: September 2010 IssueCategory: Talking PointsAuthor: Michael D. Roberts

Defense MechanismsDozens of people may be headed to federal prison in the biggest corruption case in Cleveland's history. Their defense is that everyone else was doing it, so why was it a crime?
Issue: July 2010 IssueCategory: Talking PointsAuthor: Michael D. Roberts

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On the LineFrank Russo and Jimmy Dimora have been stuck in legal limbo for almost 24 months. If the feds have the goods on these two, what’s taking so long?